INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 6 In this chapter we are told that David fetched the ark from Baale of Judah, with an intent to bring it to his own city, 2 Samuel 6:1; but Uzzah being smitten for his error concerning it, David was displeased, and left it at the house of Obededom, where it remained th... [ Continue Reading ]
AGAIN, DAVID GATHERED TOGETHER ALL [THE] CHOSEN [MEN] OF ISRAEL, THIRTY THOUSAND. Which was done by the advice of his officers, 1 Chronicles 13:1; the word "again" refers either to the gathering of them when they made him king in Hebron, as the Jewish writers generally observe; but then they gathere... [ Continue Reading ]
AND DAVID AROSE, AND WENT WITH ALL THE PEOPLE THAT [WERE] WITH HIM,.... The thirty thousand chosen men gathered together, and as many else as chose to go: FROM BAALE OF JUDAH, TO BRING UP FROM THENCE THE ARK OF GOD; that is, they first went to this place, as in 1 Chronicles 13:6; in order to fetch... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY SET THE ARK OF GOD UPON A NEW CART,.... Which was a great mistake, since it ought not to have been put upon a cart, old or new; it was to be borne upon men's shoulders, and carried by Levites only, and those of the family of Kohath, to whom no wagons were given, when others had them, for th... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY BROUGHT IT OUT OF THE HOUSE OF ABINADAB, WHICH [WAS] AT GIBEAH,.... That is, the new cart, which is the last thing spoken of, 2 Samuel 6:3; and the bringing of the ark out of his house is mentioned before; though some take this to be the coffer in which were the presents of the Philistines,... [ Continue Reading ]
AND DAVID AND ALL THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL PLAYED BEFORE THE LORD,.... That is, before the ark, which was a symbol of the presence of the Lord: ON ALL MANNER OF [INSTRUMENTS MADE OF] FIR WOOD: which is a general expression, the particulars follow; though instruments of different sorts are mentioned, and... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN THEY CAME TO NACHON'S THRESHINGFLOOR,.... Who is called Chidon, 1 Chronicles 13:9; he seems to have had two names; or it was a place that had two names, as say the Jews h; according to a tradition of theirs i, Chidon is the name of the place where it was said to Joshua, stretch out the spea... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE ANGER OF THE LORD WAS KINDLED AGAINST UZZAH,.... And which was manifest by smiting him: AND GOD SMOTE HIM THERE FOR [HIS] ERROR; committed at this time, which was complicated; as that the ark was put upon a cart, to which he might be the chief adviser, as Procopius Gazaeus notes, when it sh... [ Continue Reading ]
AND DAVID WAS DISPLEASED, BECAUSE THE LORD HAD MADE A BREACH UPON UZZAH,.... He could not easily submit, and be reconciled to the providence; his heart was ready to rise up against God, and murmur at him for striking him dead in such an awful manner, for so small a matter as this might seem to be; a... [ Continue Reading ]
AND DAVID WAS AFRAID OF THE LORD THAT DAY,.... Lest he should be smitten for his error also, and especially as he had discovered some resentment at the Lord's dealing with Uzzah; when he ought to have been still and quiet, and submitted to the will of God, and owned his justice in it, confessed his... [ Continue Reading ]
SO DAVID WOULD NOT REMOVE THE ARK OF THE LORD UNTO HIM INTO THE CITY OF DAVID,.... As yet, but wait a little longer, until he had more thoroughly considered of it, and made himself acquainted with everything relative to the ark, that he might know how to behave for the future, without giving offence... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE ARK OF THE LORD CONTINUED IN THE HOUSE OF OBEDEDOM THE GITTITE THREE MONTHS,.... David, and those with him, returned to their habitations, where they continued during this time: AND THE LORD BLESSED OBEDEDOM, AND ALL HIS HOUSEHOLD; him, and all his family, with spiritual blessings, and with... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IT WAS TOLD KING DAVID,.... By some of his courtiers who had heard of it: SAYING, THE LORD HATH BLESSED THE HOUSE OF OBEDEDOM, AND ALL THAT [PERTAINETH] UNTO HIM, BECAUSE OF THE ARK OF THE LORD; it was so suddenly, in so short a time, and so largely, that it could not escape the notice and obse... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IT WAS [SO], THAT WHEN THEY THAT BARE THE ARK OF THE LORD,.... The Levites; for now David had seen the former mistake, and rectified it, and ordered the Levites to "carry" it, as they did upon their shoulders, with the staves therein, see 1 Chronicles 15:2; when these HAD GONE SIX PACES, HE SAC... [ Continue Reading ]
AND DAVID DANCED BEFORE THE LORD WITH ALL [HIS] MIGHT,.... That is, before the ark of the Lord; not a set dance, or along with others; but he leaped and skipped as "car", a lamb, does, and that for joy that the ark was like to be brought home to his house, without any token of the divine displeasure... [ Continue Reading ]
SO DAVID AND ALL THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL BROUGHT UP THE ARK OF THE LORD,.... The elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, 1 Chronicles 15:25; besides the common people; there might be as large a number with him now as before: WITH SHOUTING, AND WITH THE SOUND OF THE TRUMPET; with the shouts o... [ Continue Reading ]
AND AS THE ARK OF THE LORD CAME INTO THE CITY OF DAVID,.... Being brought thither on the shoulders of the Levites: MICHAL, SAUL'S DAUGHTER, LOOKED THROUGH A WINDOW; in the king's palace, to see the procession, which was very grand, and in great pomp, attended by a vast number of people, and with mu... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY BROUGHT IN THE ARK OF THE LORD,.... Into the city of David, the strong hold of Zion: AND SET IT IN HIS PLACE, IN THE MIDST OF THE TABERNACLE THAT DAVID HAD PITCHED FOR IT: or "stretched out"; for this was not the tabernacle of Moses, David pitched any where; that was at this time at Gibeon... [ Continue Reading ]
AND AS SOON AS DAVID HAD MADE AN END OF OFFERING BURNT OFFERINGS AND PEACE OFFERINGS,.... Or these were performed according to his order: HE BLESSED THE PEOPLE IN THE NAME OF THE LORD OF HOSTS; not as a priest, but as a prince, as the common father of them, wishing them all happiness and prosperity... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE DEALT AMONG ALL THE PEOPLE,.... Gave a dole unto them, divided among them: [EVEN] AMONG THE WHOLE MULTITUDE OF ISRAEL: and if there were so many as at first, there were thirty thousand of them, 2 Samuel 6:1; and perhaps more, since it follows: AS WELL TO THE WOMEN AS MEN; to both the one an... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN DAVID RETURNED TO BLESS HIS HOUSEHOLD,.... His wife, children, and servants, to wish all happiness to them on this occasion, and pray to God for blessings on them temporal and spiritual. This was done when he came from the place where the ark was set, and was come to his own palace: AND MICHAL... [ Continue Reading ]
AND DAVID SAID UNTO MICHAL, [IT WAS] BEFORE THE LORD,.... Before the ark of the Lord, what was done was done there; she upbraided him with his dancing and singing, which was designed for the honour and glory of God, and in thankfulness to him for the bringing the ark to his city, and therefore she o... [ Continue Reading ]
AND I WILL YET BE MORE VILE THAN THUS,.... If this is to be vile, I will endeavour to be viler still; if to dance before the ark, and sing the praises of God, be reckoned a lessening of me, I will more and more be found in doing such things, or what is similar to them: AND WILL BE BASE IN MINE OWN... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE MICHAL THE DAUGHTER OF SAUL HAD NO CHILD UNTIL THE DAY OF HER DEATH. The children she brought up for Adriel were not her own, but adopted ones, or Adriel's by another woman, 2 Samuel 21:8; however, she had none after this time, whatever she had before, and it does not appear that she had a... [ Continue Reading ]